BA bhi pas hon mile bi-bi bhi dil-pasand
mehnat ki hai wo baat ye qismat ki baat hai
Akbar Allahabadi
aai hogi kisi ko hijr mein maut
mujh ko to nind bhi nahin aati
Akbar Allahabadi
ataun aap ko marne ke baad kya hoga
polao khaenge ahbab fatiha hoga
Akbar Allahabadi
ole ki tujh ko din ki islah farz hai
main chal diya ye kah ke ki aadab arz hai
Akbar Allahabadi
oot Dawson ne banaya main ne ek mazmun likha
mulk mein mazmun na phaila aur juta chal gaya
Akbar Allahabadi
ut-kade mein shor hai 'akbar' musalman ho gaya
be-wafaon se koi kah de ki han han ho gaya
Akbar Allahabadi
uton ke pahle bande the mison ke ab hue KHadim
hamein har ahd mein mushkil raha hai ba-KHuda hona
Akbar Allahabadi
uDhon ke sath log kahan tak wafa karen
buDhon ko bhi jo maut na aae to kya karen
Akbar Allahabadi
coat aur patlun jab pahna to mister ban gaya
jab koi taqrir ki jalse mein leader ban gaya
donning fancy clothes beame a gentlean avowed
and turned into a leader on speaking to a crowd,
Akbar Allahabadi